Mediagazer: Liberty Global Shareholders Approve Virgin Media Acquisition (Georg Szalai/Hollywood Reporter)

7:15 AM ET, June 4, 2013

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Conor Friedersdorf / The Atlantic Online:

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Georg Szalai / Hollywood Reporter:

John Malone's Liberty Global Names Dana Strong COO of Virgin Media — The cable industry veteran has worked at UPC Ireland and will move to the U.K. cable giant, whose acquisition Liberty Global is expected to close in the coming days. — LONDON - John Malone's Liberty Global continues …

Georg Szalai / Hollywood Reporter:

Liberty Global Shareholders Approve Virgin Media Acquisition — Chairman John Malone calls it “one more brick in the wall of scale in Europe,” as his CEO discusses U.K. pay TV giant BSkyB, in which News Corp. owns a stake. — LONDON — Shareholders of international cable operator Liberty Global …

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Charlie Warzel / BuzzFeed:

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Gregory Warner / NPR:

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New York Times:

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Katherine Rushton / Telegraph:

Apple fights to dismiss evidence in ebook price fixing row — Apple was battling to limit the torrent of emails which could be used as evidence in its price fixing trial on Monday, as dozens of damning messages painted a picture of a coordinated attempt to force the prices of ebooks upwards.

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Lucia Moses / Adweek:

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Hamish McKenzie / PandoDaily:

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Tim Wu / New Republic:

The Right to Evade Regulation — How corporations hijacked the First Amendment — Every time you fill a prescription at a drug store like Walgreens, the pharmacy keeps a record of the transaction, noting information such as your name, the drug, the dosage, and the issuing doctor.

Todd Spangler / Variety:

Netflix, Hulu Dominate Mobile TV Viewing … The bulk of TV content watched on smartphones and tablets today is provided through Netflix and Hulu Plus — not networks or pay TV providers, according to a new study. — About 64% of TV shows viewed on smartphones and 54% on tablets were via Netflix …

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Jack Mirkinson / The Huffington Post:

‘The Chilling Effect’ Is Here — On Sunday, New York Times editor Jill Abramson appeared on “Face the Nation” and echoed what has become a common refrain in the wake of the Justice Department's media investigations. — “The reporters who work for the Times in Washington have told …

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